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    	Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun which is approximately 2.9 billion km. To bring Uranus's size into perspective if the sun was a door, earth would be the size of a nickel and Uranus would be the size of a baseball. One day on Uranus lasts about 17 hours. A complete orbit around the Sun for Uranus (aka Uranian time) takes about 84 Earth years.  Uranus was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel. Herschel wanted to name the new planet Georgian Sidus after King George, but was declined. The planet was eventually named Uranus after the Greek god of the sky.
        Uranus is an icy planet, 80 percent of it is made up of a dense fluid that flows over a rocky core. The atmosphere on Uranus is made up mostly of Hydrogen and Helium, with a touch of Methane. 
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        Uranus also has two sets of rings. The first section of rings was discovered in 1977 and consists of nine rings. Two more rings were discovered by voyager 2. Then in 2003 the Hubble telescope discovered and additional two outer ring systems.
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        Uranus also has many moons, currently Uranus has 27 known moons which are named after characters from Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The strangest looking moon of the 27 is Miranda. Miranda has been compared to Frankenstein because of the "pieced together" appearance of its surface. This moon was discovered in 1948 . There are varying types of landscapes on this moon from valleys to giant faults that are 12 times the depth of the Grand Canyon. If a rock were to fall from the top of a cliff it would take 10 minutes for it to hit the ground, because of the low gravity.
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        Two exploration trips have been made to Uranus the first was Voyager 2 in 1986 and the second was the Hubble Space Telescope.
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            <p>The most unique thing about Uranus is that it rotates horizontally from east to west, it always appears to be rotating on its side. This unique rotation creates extreme variations in sunlight during its seasons.</p>
          
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